Does digital piano sound a lot better than a sampled piano?

The digital piano versus acoustic piano debate has raged ever since the first digital piano was released onto the market in the 1980s. read more

Rather than recording individual notes, Roland have re-created the internal workings of the piano, so it really responds to your touch like a piano should, and all the fullness of sound you get with an acoustic piano is meticulously recreated in better-than-real-life quality. read more

Some digital pianos have been sampled very close to the strings and sound much more like a miked piano rather than an acoustic piano. Acoustic pianos are many and varied in sound and playing. Digital pianos (samples) tend to favour a few well known makes only. read more